Improvement in cattle-tie



UNITED STATES `PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY C. SMALL, OFPORTLAND, MAINE.

IM PROVEMENT IN CATTLE-Tl E.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,727, dated June 19,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

-Be it known that I, HENRY C. SMALL, of Portland, in the county ofCumberland and State of Maine, have invented anew and ImprovedCattle-Tie; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description thereof', which will enable others to make and usemy invent-ion, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this speeication, in which- Figure l showsa plan of myinvention, indieatin g its form; Fig. 2, a side view of the same,showing the spring s.

The object of my invention is toproduce av convenient and safe tie forcattle.

It consists of two bows of metal wire or rod, ofthet'orm shown in thedrawings, and marked c and d.

On the ends of the bow l the wire or rod is bent into hooks, as seen atff. The ends of the bow c are also formed into hooks or rings, in orderthat the two ends of the bows may be locked into each other, asillustrated in the drawings. k k show the hooks on the bow c. The bow dis also bent so as to form a ring at h. This is to receive the cord orhalter that passes around the animals neck. One ofthe hooks on the bow cisleft open, as seen in Fig. 2, and a spring consisting of a tongue ofmetal riveted to the bow and bearing against the under side of the endofthe hook is attached thereto, to close the space thus left open. s

-of the bow c, having the spring, can be released and the tieunfastened. The hooks upon the opposite side are closed and cannot beopened.

Thedevice thus described and illustrated is intended to pass around thestanchion of a cattle-stall. When uni'astened the two ends which areunlocked can be united by simply pressing the hook of the bow d againstthe spring' s and forcing it into the corresponding hook on the bow c,and the spring immediately lies up and closes the space otherwise open.Thus a simple, handy, and cheap device for securing cattle in theirstalls is obtained.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination of the bows d and c, the bow d having the ring h andhooksff on its ends, the bow c the two hooks k k and spring s, allconstructed, arranged, and operating as set forth. v

HENRY C. SMALL.

